Drive-By Truckers - The Man I Shot lyrics

That man I shot, He was trying to kill me
He was trying to kill me He
Was trying to kill me
That man I shot I didn't know him
I was just doing my job, maybe so was he
That man I shot, I was in his homeland
I was there to help him but
He didn't want me there
I did not hate him, I still don't hate him
He was trying to kill me and
I had to take him down
That man I shot, I still can see him
When I should be sleeping
Tossing and turning
He's looking at me, eyes looking through me
Break out in cold sweats when
I see him standing there
That man I shot, shot not in anger
There's no denying it was in self-defense
But when I close my eyes, I still can see him
I feel his last breath in


The calm dead of night
That man I shot, He was trying to kill me
He was trying to kill me
He was trying to kill me
Sometimes I wonder if I should be there?
I hold my little ones until he disappears
I hold my little ones until he disappears
I hold my little ones until we disappear
And I'm not crazy or at least I never was
But there's this big thing that
Can't get rid of
That man I shot did he have little ones
That he was so proud of that
He won't see grow up?
Was walking down his street
Maybe I was in his yard
Was trying to do good I just don't understand